Estate agents: from buy it to buy me
Britain’s estate agents are in big trouble. New figures released by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reveal the number of successful transactions per estate agent have reached a 30-year low, with an average of just 17.4 transactions per estate agent made in the three months to the end of May.
“The point-four refers to a small potting shed in Keighley, West Yorkshire,” explained a RICS spokesperson. “We couldn’t make it 18 transactions because the shed had a leaking roof and a broken window. If we were living in 2000, and not 2008, then of course we’d have seen a huge demand for such des-res accommodation. But only a pigeon fancier ever showed any interest in buying it, and he proved difficult to convince. The estate agent concerned had to throw in his own Mini Cooper as an incentive to clinch the deal.”
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